TommyC1
New Member
Hello,
My first post here. Desperate for some help or suggestions on a tank seal, PLEASE! I am beginner DIY'er for small projects, have installed 5 complete repair kits so far for my family and friends with all 5 toilets working fine. However, on the 6th repair kit, this one is for my house, it turned into a total nightmare- The tank seal won't seals for more than 15 minutes. After the initial installation I checked the toilet for leaks several times within the first 10 minutes of turning the water valve on. There was no leak so I went to bed. The next morning I woke up to a silent slow leak that flooded the second floor carpet and saturated the first floor drywall ceiling! Ugh. Dealing with the water damage is a whole other story... Anyway, I took the toilet tank off and found that the seal wasn't centered judging by the indentation. So I bought another seal to install, this time I was extra extra careful and the same thing happened- it leaks after about 15 minutes. Could this be happening because the opening in the Crane toilet is off centered? If so, is there special technique to handle this? I also noticed that the original black color seal(shown in photo below) is much thinner than the new red color seals for the repair kit. Please have a look at the photos below.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you in advance for your time.
TommyC
Opening not centered. This is common? I think is might be the reason for uneven sealing. I also that ridge is not helping to seal...
This is how the seal looks. The uneven compression on the seal is shown. I think the leak is from the corner of seal that was pinched and slightly torn.
Same occurred on the second seal. Off centered and torn. Leak.
I drugged up the original black seal from the trash and saw that it too was off centered but that enough sealing area.
And the original seal was also much thinner (original black seal 7/8" thick vs. 1-1/4" for the new red seals).
My first post here. Desperate for some help or suggestions on a tank seal, PLEASE! I am beginner DIY'er for small projects, have installed 5 complete repair kits so far for my family and friends with all 5 toilets working fine. However, on the 6th repair kit, this one is for my house, it turned into a total nightmare- The tank seal won't seals for more than 15 minutes. After the initial installation I checked the toilet for leaks several times within the first 10 minutes of turning the water valve on. There was no leak so I went to bed. The next morning I woke up to a silent slow leak that flooded the second floor carpet and saturated the first floor drywall ceiling! Ugh. Dealing with the water damage is a whole other story... Anyway, I took the toilet tank off and found that the seal wasn't centered judging by the indentation. So I bought another seal to install, this time I was extra extra careful and the same thing happened- it leaks after about 15 minutes. Could this be happening because the opening in the Crane toilet is off centered? If so, is there special technique to handle this? I also noticed that the original black color seal(shown in photo below) is much thinner than the new red color seals for the repair kit. Please have a look at the photos below.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you in advance for your time.
TommyC
Opening not centered. This is common? I think is might be the reason for uneven sealing. I also that ridge is not helping to seal...
This is how the seal looks. The uneven compression on the seal is shown. I think the leak is from the corner of seal that was pinched and slightly torn.
Same occurred on the second seal. Off centered and torn. Leak.
I drugged up the original black seal from the trash and saw that it too was off centered but that enough sealing area.
And the original seal was also much thinner (original black seal 7/8" thick vs. 1-1/4" for the new red seals).